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Sword-Hilt Collar and Pommel (Fuchigashira)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Two black and gold sword hilt components, one oval and one rectangular, with a grasshopper design. The oval component is at the top with an etched black surface, the gold grasshopper on top, body angled down to the right, antennae to the left. The rectangular component is below, similar black and gold grasshopper design, body angled down to the right. Components have a similar etched texture; the gold details have patterned texture. Light gray background.

Artwork details

Date:
second half 18th century
Medium:
Copper-gold alloy (shakudō), gold
Culture:
Japanese
Dimensions:
500 × 625 px
Museum record:
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